Pupils should learn that computers can be used to simulate different scenarios.
"By the end of Key Stage Two children should understand that computers can be used to create situations that may otherwise be impossible or dangerous to create in real-life and that computers can be used to alter factors that may affect a certain situation. Children should understand how computers can be used to create fantasy worlds in games or films or how they can be used to predict outcomes as in weather forecasting. Children should be able to predict how the outcome may change when factors are changed, for example, using a spreadsheet to calculate a budget and then changing the cost of one item."
KS2 Statement 1.e
Pupils should learn that computers can be used to simulate different scenarios.
"By the end of Key Stage Two children should understand that computers can be used to create situations that may otherwise be impossible or dangerous to create in real-life and that computers can be used to alter factors that may affect a certain situation. Children should understand how computers can be used to create fantasy worlds in games or films or how they can be used to predict outcomes as in weather forecasting. Children should be able to predict how the outcome may change when factors are changed, for example, using a spreadsheet to calculate a budget and then changing the cost of one item."